diff --git a/user-environment/user-environment.sh b/user-environment/user-environment.sh
index 7489e8226..943fbdc18 100755
--- a/user-environment/user-environment.sh
+++ b/user-environment/user-environment.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,37 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o xtrace
 
+function os_id()       ( set +x ;  grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2 | xargs ; )
+function os_version()  ( set +x ;  grep '^VERSION_ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2 | xargs ; )
+function os_codename() ( set +x ;  grep '^VERSION_CODENAME=' /etc/os-release | cut -d= -f2 | xargs ; )
+
+function version_ge() ( set +x ;  [ "$1" = "$(echo -e "$1\n$2" | sort -V | tail -n1)" ] ; )
+function version_gt() ( set +x ;  [ "$1" = "$2" ] && return 1 || version_ge $1 $2 ; )
+function version_le() ( set +x ;  [ "$1" = "$(echo -e "$1\n$2" | sort -V | head -n1)" ] ; )
+function version_lt() ( set +x ;  [ "$1" = "$2" ] && return 1 || version_le $1 $2 ; )
+
+readonly -A supported_os=(
+  ['debian']="10 11 12"
+  ['rocky']="8 9"
+  ['ubuntu']="18.04 20.04 22.04"
+)
+
+# dynamically define OS version test utility functions
+if [[ "$(os_id)" == "rocky" ]];
+then _os_version=$(os_version | sed -e 's/[^0-9].*$//g')
+else _os_version="$(os_version)"; fi
+for os_id_val in 'rocky' 'ubuntu' 'debian' ; do
+  eval "function is_${os_id_val}() ( set +x ;  [[ \"$(os_id)\" == '${os_id_val}' ]] ; )"
+
+  for osver in $(echo "${supported_os["${os_id_val}"]}") ; do
+    eval "function is_${os_id_val}${osver%%.*}() ( set +x ; is_${os_id_val} && [[ \"${_os_version}\" == \"${osver}\" ]] ; )"
+    eval "function ge_${os_id_val}${osver%%.*}() ( set +x ; is_${os_id_val} && version_ge \"${_os_version}\" \"${osver}\" ; )"
+    eval "function le_${os_id_val}${osver%%.*}() ( set +x ; is_${os_id_val} && version_le \"${_os_version}\" \"${osver}\" ; )"
+  done
+done
+
+function is_debuntu()  ( set +x ;  is_debian || is_ubuntu ; )
+
 readonly OS_NAME=$(lsb_release -is | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID)
 
@@ -25,22 +56,24 @@ if (! test -v DATAPROC_IMAGE_VERSION) && test -v DATAPROC_VERSION; then
   DATAPROC_IMAGE_VERSION="${DATAPROC_VERSION}"
 fi
 
-function remove_old_backports {
+function repair_old_backports {
+  if ! is_debuntu ; then return ; fi
   # This script uses 'apt-get update' and is therefore potentially dependent on
   # backports repositories which have been archived.  In order to mitigate this
   # problem, we will remove any reference to backports repos older than oldstable
 
   # https://github.com/GoogleCloudDataproc/initialization-actions/issues/1157
-  oldstable=$(curl -s https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/oldstable/Release | awk '/^Codename/ {print $2}');
-  stable=$(curl -s https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/Release | awk '/^Codename/ {print $2}');
-
-  matched_files="$(grep -rsil '\-backports' /etc/apt/sources.list*)"
-  if [[ -n "$matched_files" ]]; then
-    for filename in "$matched_files"; do
-      grep -e "$oldstable-backports" -e "$stable-backports" "$filename" || \
-        sed -i -e 's/^.*-backports.*$//' "$filename"
-    done
-  fi
+  debdists="https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists"
+  oldoldstable=$(curl -s "${debdists}/oldoldstable/Release" | awk '/^Codename/ {print $2}');
+  oldstable=$(   curl -s "${debdists}/oldstable/Release"    | awk '/^Codename/ {print $2}');
+  stable=$(      curl -s "${debdists}/stable/Release"       | awk '/^Codename/ {print $2}');
+
+  matched_files=( $(grep -rsil '\-backports' /etc/apt/sources.list*||:) )
+
+  for filename in "${matched_files[@]}"; do
+    perl -pi -e "s{^(deb[^\s]*) https?://[^/]+/debian ${oldoldstable}-backports }
+                  {\$1 https://archive.debian.org/debian ${oldoldstable}-backports }g" "${filename}"
+  done
 }
 
 function update_apt_get() {
@@ -58,14 +91,17 @@ function update_apt_get() {
 [[ "${HOSTNAME}" =~ -m$ ]] || exit 0
 
 if [[ ${OS_NAME} == debian ]] && [[ $(echo "${DATAPROC_IMAGE_VERSION} <= 2.1" | bc -l) == 1 ]]; then
-  remove_old_backports
+  repair_old_backports
 fi
 
 ## Make global changes here
-update_apt_get
-apt-get install -y vim
-update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.basic
-#apt-get install -y tmux sl
+
+if is_debuntu ; then 
+  update_apt_get
+  apt-get install -y vim
+  update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.basic
+  #apt-get install -y tmux sl
+fi
 
 ## The following script will get run as each user in their home directory.
 cat <<'EOF' >/tmp/customize_home_dir.sh